This does not say romance to me. As a photo, this looks too much like a snapshot. Try to include all of the dog's face. Also, there is a tutorial on how to resize images, it is easier to see a larger image.
It looks like you might have a ouple of cute pups there, but the ize of the image makes it very diffiult to rate properly. I can say that the refection in the eyes is a bit disappointing.
dark upper half of photo, dog red-eye, bright reflection from on-board flash on the leather - very small size compared with the 640 pixel allowed - make this a snapshot in my book.
Suggestions:
Drape a sheet over the couch
wait for daylight and open the curtains to let nice diffuse light in
shoot from another 18 inches to 3 feet up
Size really does matter on dpc. You cannot expect voters to be able to jusge the merits of a photo they can barely see. Try for 640pxl at the longest dimension next time.
Seem to be a cute couple of dogs, but image is too small to see much, please see the tutorial "Using Photoshop to Prepare Photos for DPC Challenges." More depth-of-field is needed to get Bijou in focus, and blanket is distracting.
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